When The Bible talks about Jonah and the big fish, it is in the book Jonah in the Old Testament.
JonahJonah 1:17 -Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
It was Jonah. He was there for refusing to go where God had commanded him.
Two times in the book of Genesis and in Jonah.
when God asks Jonah to go to another part of israel and tell the people to stop sinning.after the fish had spat jonah out he was on the beach
The only reference to a whale in the bible that I am aware of is in the book of Jonah.I don't have a King James version to confirm that they do refer as the fish as a whale. I have a NIV version and it says that God provided a great fish.As a child I recall the story being told with Jonah being swallowed by a whale There are 4 references to 'whale' in the KJV Bible: Genesis 1.21 Job 7.12 Ezekiel 32.2 Matthew 12.40 In Jonah, the 'whale' is called 'a great fish' (Jonah 1.17), but Jesus calls it a whale (Matthew 12.40)
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The account (story) of Jonah and the big fish originated from the Jewish religion. It is now part of the Bible and the Koran.
Moses and the Jews. Jonah and the fish.
JonahJonah 1:17 -Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
large fish. (The Bible doesn't mention a 'whale' anywhere in the book of Jonah.)
It was Jonah. He was there for refusing to go where God had commanded him.
This no doubt refers to the story of Jonah (in The Old Testament, the Book of Jonah) who tried to run away from God. He was swallowed by 'a great fish' but survived, eventually doing the errand God had prepared for him.The story of Jonah and the Whale is a well known story, but nowhere in scripture does it mention a whale but a 'Great Fish'. This is jusy another example fo the misconceptions that people have about familiar Bible stories (eg Eve never gave Adam an apple... Nowhere does it say there were three wise men at the stable... and so on!).
Two times in the book of Genesis and in Jonah.
Jonah was in the stomach of a 'great fish' - assumed by many to be a whale - for three days and three nights.
Jonah was in the whale three days and three nights.Jonah 1:17"Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights."
Jonah...Jonah 1:17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.Answer:The inspired scripture doesn't say "whale." It says that God "...PREPARED A GREAT FISH to swallow up Jonah..." (Jonah 1:17).It doesn't reveal what kind of fish... or if this "special" fish is extant today as a species.Nor does it say that Jonah was alive for those three days and three nights in the fish's belly. We are only told that in the fish's belly Jonah prayed... but not for how long.Jesus gave the "sign of Jonas" as THE ONLY "proof of His Messiahship:"...An evil and adulterous generation SEEKETH AFTER A SIGN; and there shall no sign be given to it, BUT THE SIGN OF THE PROPHET JONAS: For AS Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly [again, the inspired word is 'KETOS' -- or, HUGE FISH]; SO SHALL THE SON OF MAN BE THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE HEART OF THE EARTH." (Matt.12:40)How was Jesus [after the manner of Jonah] in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights? Was He alive... or was He dead?Of course... He was "resurrected" from the dead... just AS Jonah was resurrected when: "...it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land." (Jonah 2:10)If Jonah was alive three days and three nights in the fish's belly... then so was Jesus alive [AS Jonah was] -- which would mean He never paid our ransom... the ONLY SIGN HE GAVE OF HIS MESSIAHSHIP FAILED... and Jesus Christ is not the Messiah.Yes, Jonah lived... but only after he was revived after three days and three nights.
when God asks Jonah to go to another part of israel and tell the people to stop sinning.after the fish had spat jonah out he was on the beach